PasswordAuthentication

java.net

Class PasswordAuthentication

java.lang.Object
- java.net.PasswordAuthentication

```
public final class PasswordAuthentication
extends Object
```
The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by Authenticator. It is simply a repository for a user name and a password.

Since:

1.2

See Also:

Authenticator, Authenticator.getPasswordAuthentication()

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
`PasswordAuthentication(String userName, char[] password)` Creates a new `PasswordAuthentication` object from the given user name and password.

Method Summary

All Methods

Instance Methods

Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`char[]`	`getPassword()` Returns the user password.
`String`	`getUserName()` Returns the user name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - PasswordAuthentication
```
public PasswordAuthentication(String userName,
                              char[] password)
```
    Creates a new PasswordAuthentication object from the given user name and password.
    Note that the given user password is cloned before it is stored in the new PasswordAuthentication object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    userName - the user name
    
    password - the user's password
- Method Detail
  - getUserName
```
public String getUserName()
```
    Returns the user name.
    
    Returns:
    
    the user name
  - getPassword
```
public char[] getPassword()
```
    Returns the user password.
    Note that this method returns a reference to the password. It is the caller's responsibility to zero out the password information after it is no longer needed.
    
    Returns:
    
    the password